James Rennell
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 193 years ago |
Date of birth | December 3,1742 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | Chudleigh |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | March 29,1830 |
Died | London |
United Kingdom | |
Nationality | English |
Resting place | Westminster Abbey |
Current partner | Jane Thackeray |
Children | Jane Rennell |
Awards | Copley Medal |
Books | A Bengal Atlas |
Great grandchild | Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell |
Frances Emily Rodd | |
Grandchildren | unknown daughter Rodd |
James Rennell Rodd | |
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ID | 1047809 |
James Rennell Life story
Major James Rennell, FRS, FRSE, FRGS was an English geographer, historian and a pioneer of oceanography. Rennell produced some of the first accurate maps of Bengal at one inch to five miles as well as accurate outlines of India and served as Surveyor General of Bengal.